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Ankush Saikia (born 1975 in Tezpur, Assam[1]) is an Indian author.[2] He grew up in Madison, Wisconsin; Assam; and Shillong, Meghalaya.[3] Saikia has previously worked as a journalist at India Today, indiaabroad.com, and Express India, and as a senior editor in the publishing firm Dorling Kindersley (India).[4][5] He is currently self-employed.

He was shortlisted for the Outlook–Picador India non-fiction writing award (2005).[6] He has also written features and long-form pieces (mostly on North East India) for Tehelka, Scroll.in, Hindustan Times, fountainink.in, The Caravan, Assam Tribune, Eclectic Northeast, DailyO, Indian Express, The Hindu etc.[7]

Several of his books, including the three-book Detective Arjun Arora series, have been optioned by production companies. His 8th book, The Forest Beneath The Mountains, an environmental novel set along the borderlands of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in North-East India, will be published in December 2020.

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Saikia, Ankush. "Biography". Ankush Saikia. Archived from the original on 8 June 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  2. ^ "The young brigade". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  3. ^ Boange, Dilshan. "Exploring voices for Indian thriller fiction". Sunday Observer. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  4. ^ "City Blues". Express India. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Interview: Ankush Saikia". Time Out Bengaluru. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 June 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ https://muckrack.com/ankush-saikia/
  8. ^ BAGCHI, AMITABHA. "When The Centre And The Periphery Meet". Tehelka. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  9. ^ Choudhury, Sonya Dutta. "Stale News". India Today. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  10. ^ Garg, Aditi. "Glimpses of life". Tribune India. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-of-ankush-saikia-s-remember-death/story-DxUn52QjxME4bvx677o7KM.html
  14. ^ http://www.asianage.com/books/compelling-tightrope-walk-895
  15. ^ http://www.thehindu.com/books/more-bodies-will-fall-by-ankush-saikia-reviewed-by-zac-oyeah/article23524284.ece